JEE Main 2002 — Circle Question with Solution
JEE Main 2002
Question
The centres of a set of circles, each of radius 3 , lie on the circle . The locus of any point in the set is
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Correct answer
A
Step-by-step explanation
Let be the centre of any such circle. Equation of such circle is . Since lies on .
; Locus of is , which clearly satisfies (a).
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